Unit 1

What is Courage?

Lesson 5

Reader's Notebook - Assessment (Formative)

As Good as Gold

Silken Laumann is a Canadian Olympic rower who had something really bad happen to her only a month before the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.



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Before you read the story…

The kind of kayak Silken used is called a single scull. Study the diagram at the top of page 15 of Literacy in Action 4A, and read the information about it.


Begin by only looking at the headings, pictures, and captions on pages 14 & 15. Do they help you to make a prediction about the story? 
Download the assignment page below, Reader's Notebook: As Good as Gold and write your first prediction.

Now, read only the first section of the story: Going for Gold on page 14. Then, answer the following questions on the Reader's Notebook: As Good As Gold: assignment page.

  • What happened to Silken?
  • Why will this race be very difficult?

Pause and check your predictions before you go on. 
If you want to, you can now make a new prediction about the next part of the story. Then, complete the remaining questions on your assignment page.

Assessment (Formative)

Reader's Notebook: As Good As Gold



                 

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